About

Devising and creating the materials of tomorrow

SINTERMAT is a start-up specializing in the design of innovative materials

In 2016, after about a decade of research in the laboratories of the University of Burgundy and as a result of growing industry demand, researcher Foad Naimi created SINTERMAT.

SINTERMAT is industrializing an innovative powder metallurgy process known as flash sintering (or SPS). This process enables the design of augmented materials using metal, composite and natural powders that offer multiple applications in the aeronautical, defense, industrial, luxury goods, energy and health sectors, among others.

These augmented materials are graced with unprecedented properties and exceptional performances: high strength, high-density, increased hardness, extended service life, light weight, unique design and more.

Our aim is to align industry and environment. Our technology and products contribute to a greener industry and circular economy by recycling material and upcycling waste.

SINTERMAT has a machinery stock and expertise that are unique in Europe. We are supported by many public (Armed Forces Ministry, Bpifrance, etc.) and private organizations.

As a rapidly expanding company, we are constantly innovating and bringing new solutions to industries—present and future.

We are reinventing how materials are designed

SINTERMAT, an eco-friendly tech start-up

SINTERMAT recovers unusable industrial production scrap and transforms it into new materials.

SINTERMAT also recycles natural or bio-based materials (wood, plants, leather, oyster shells, etc.).

The material is transformed into powder that is then sintered, meaning that it is compressed and an electrical current is passed through it.

SPS/Flash sintering can be applied to all types of materials: conductive or magnetic materials, metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, biomaterials, etc.

This environmentally-friendly process cuts down on raw material use and enables manufacturing as close as possible to material consumption.

Some parts can be produced in Near Net Shape or even Net Shape.

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An environmental mission

SINTERMAT’s history

October 2016

Creation

Foad Naimi, with 14 years of expertise in powder metallurgy at the University of Burgundy, creates SINTERMAT

October 2016

November 2018

1st fundraising initiative

SINTERMAT is the 4th French start-up to benefit from Definvest, the Armed Forces Ministry funds managed by Bpifrance

November 2018

Bpifrance Excellence label

SINTERMAT obtains the “Bpifrance Excellence” label that recognizes the company’s strong potential for growth and enables it to join a special national entrepreneur network

November 2018

December 2018

New location

SINTERMAT takes up residence in Montbard in “Metal’Valley,” a dynamic metallurgical industrial area in the heart of the Burgundy region

December 2018

April 2019

Production launch

SINTERMAT strengthens our team and acquires a production tool, an SPS-Hybrid machine—one-of-a kind in Europe

April 2019

April 4, 2019

#LetsgoFrance trophies

SINTERMAT is awarded the “Coup de cœur du public” [people’s choice] trophy at Station F, presented by Agnès Pannier Runacher, French Secretary of State for Economy and Finance

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April 4, 2019

June 3, 2019

1st TV broadcast

Foad Naimi and Roland Pesty represent SINTERMAT on the French TV show “Paroles d’Experts” aired by La Tribune

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June 3, 2019

June 29, 2019

Inauguration

Six months after setting up in Montbard, SINTERMAT inaugurates our premises in the company of many people from political, research, innovation and industrial sectors

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June 29, 2019

November 25, 2020

Eco-Innovez trophies

SINTERMAT wins the 2020 “Eco-Innovez en Bourgogne-Franche-Comté” [eco-innovation in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté] trophy in the “Procédé Eco-Innovant” [eco-innovation process] category.
This regional prize is awarded for the innovative and eco-friendly features of the SINTERMAT process and products

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November 25, 2020

December 29, 2020

ISO 9001 Version 2015 certification

AFNOR (French Standards Association) certifies the full scope of operations defined by SINTERMAT, with no non-conformities

December 29, 2020

Key figures

2016

Year of creation

17

Employees

+100

Prototypes made

+10

Patents

8

Machines

Foad Naimi, founder of SINTERMAT

Foad Naimi has a doctoral degree in Physics and Chemistry from the University of Burgundy in the field of SPS technology.
He spent 10 years working with Sayens, a technology transfer acceleration company, as a technical manager on the sintering platform.
He has knowledge and skills in flash sintering/SPS that are unparalleled in France.
He also has a Europe-wide reputation for his expertise in this field.

SINTERMAT operates in the heart of Metal’Valley

SINTERMAT decided to set up operations in the Haute Côte d’Or, in Montbard, the historic home of metallurgy.

It is near the Grande Forge de Buffon, one of the first “integrated plants.” Built in the 18th Century by the Count of Buffon, a well-known naturalist and scientist, it was a major contributor to progress in metallurgy and turned Montbard into a major iron and steelworks’ center.

This center is now represented under the name of Metal’Valley, an association that incorporates 9 major metallurgical companies, including the Vallourec group.

Photo credit: Christophe Gilles – Kreastyl

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Do you want to offer innovative products and unique materials to your customers? Would you like to improve your parts? Do you wish you could recycle your production scrap? Contact us today.